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AViD 2019

The Des Moines Public Library is thrilled to announce our lineup for the 19th annual Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) series. Included in the lineup are best-selling writers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a National Book Award finalist, a Man Booker Prize finalist and NAACP Image Award winner, and the authors of some of 2018's most revered and acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. Mark your calendars for these dates.

Journalist C.J. Chivers is one of this generation’s most revered war correspondents and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. His 2018 book, The Fighters, offers a vivid account of modern warfare told through the stories of a half-dozen American combatants.

Miller’s 2018 novel, Circe, was a New York Times #1 best-seller and appeared on dozens of “best books of 2018” lists. The novel, a retelling of the story of the villainous goddess Circe, recasts the infamous figure from The Odyssey into a feminist hero. Circe was named Book of the Month's 2018 Book of the Year, as chosen by tens of thousands of book club members.